Betta fish are native to the shallow waters of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. In the wild, they inhabit rice paddies, floodplains, and slow-moving streams.

Wild bettas live in shallow, freshwater areas such as rice paddies, stagnant ponds, marshes, and slow-moving streams. Being used to Asian climates, they prefer warm water around 80º Fahrenheit .

The fish hang out in shallow, nearly stagnant waters, such as marshes, flood plains and rice paddies. In the wild, the animals munch on unlucky insects that fall into the water, as well as small ...

If you've ever put a male betta fish, ... Bettas are native to the rice paddies of Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia, where water is relatively low in oxygen.

The organization started its Fish in the Fields project in 2012 to reduce overfishing in the wild. “It was going well,” says Deborah Moskowitz, the institute's president.